Wire-fence machine



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W. J. RAYMOND.

WIRE FENCE MACHINE.

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WIRE FENCE MACHINE.

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VILLIAM J. RAYMOND, OF CHERRY VALE, KANSAS.

WIRE-FENCE MACHINE.

.EPBCIPXCATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 339,469, dated April 6, 1886. Application tiled September 18, 1885. Serial No. 177.452. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM J. RAYMOND, of Cherry Tale, in the county of Montgomery and State of Kansas, have invented anew and useful Improvement in ire-Fence Machines, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of my invention is to provide a new and improved machine for building fences of twisted wires, and pickets or rods held by said twisted wires.

The invention consists in the construction of parts and details and combination of the same, as will be fully described and set forth hereinafter.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters of referenceindicate corresponding parts in all figures.

Figure l is a partial side and sectional View of my improved machine for making wire fences, the same being shown in operation. Fig. 2 is a front view of the same. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the machine and part of the fence made by the same. Fig. 4 is aside view of the clamps for holding the wires on the fence-posts.

The base-frame or platform A is mounted on wheels A, and on said frame a standard, B, is erected, on which a series of hubs, G, are mounted to turn, as manyhubs being provided as there are to be strands of twisted wire in the completed fence. In the case shown there are five. On each hub a co -wheel, D, is rigidly mounted, the several cog-wheels engaging. The middle cog-wheel,D, engages with a cog-wheel, E, mounted on a shaft, E, provided with a crank-handle, E for turning it, said shaft being journaled in a suitable arm of the standard B. Each hub C is provided with two longitudinal apertures, F, of sufficient size to permit of passing the wires G through them, and said apertures F are continued through prongs H,projecting from the ends of the hubs and slightly inclined toward each other.

From one side of the standard B a pair of bars, J, project some distance at the top,aud another pair at the bottom, the bars of each pair being a short distance from each other, so that a slat can be passed between them, each bar of each pair being a like distance from a vertical line passed through the centers of the several hubs.

A bar, K, at one side edge of the standard B,is shown in Figs. 2 and 3, and said bar K is connected with an arm, M, of a rod, M, journaled transversely on the front of the stand ard B, another arm, M", which is at an angle to the arm M, being connected by a rod, N, with one end of a foot'lever, O, pivoted on the standard B, which foot-lever is connected by a rod, P, with an arm, Q, of ashaft, Q, having an additional arm, Qf, connected with a rod, R, operating a rod, R, the end of which engages a ratchet-wheel, S, on one of the axles. A spring, T, for breaking the concussion is introduced between a collar, 1, on the rod B and a sleeve on the rod R. The wires G are held to the post a between the washers b b by a bolt, d, passed through the said washers, the post, and spring washers 1), outside of the washers b, and provided with nuts 6.

I are the pickets.

After the wires have been twisted together for a certain distance, which distance is equal to the space between the pickets, a picket is to be passed in between the wires, said picket resting between the two pairs of arms J. The bar K. is now at one side edge of the. standard B, and the lever O is forced down, whereby the arm 1 is swung up and the arm M is swung toward the last picket, thereby causing the arms L of the bar K, against which arms the pickets rest, to press the last picket introduced toward the fixed pickets.

' The downward movement of the lever 0, through the medium of the rod P,arms Q Q, and shaft Q, causes the rod R to move in the direction of the arrow a and compress the spring T, and by the time the lever O has been depressed sufficiently to force the picket up to its place, the rod R will be moved in the direction of the arrow a and the wheel S revolved in the direction of the arrow 1), whereby the entiremachine is moved in the direc tion of the arrow a the desired distance. Then the crank-handle E is turned, whereby the several cog'wheels are revolved, as are also the several hubs O and their apert-ured projections H, through which the wires are passed. The wires arethus twisted and the picket last introduced is held securely in place. The wires must have sufficient slack to permit of twisting them, and for that reason the nuts 6 on the rods (1 must not be drawn up too tight.

Having thus described my invention ,1 claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. In a machine for making wire and picket fences, the combination, with-a truck, a series of twisters mounted thereon, and mechanism for beating up the pickets,of devices for moving the truck operated by the beating-u p mechanism, substantially as herein shown and described.

2. In a machine for making wire and picket fences, the combination, with a truck, a series of twisters mounted thereon, arms for beating up the pickets, and a treadle for operating the beating-up arms, of a ratchet-wheel on one of the drive-wheels and intermediate mechanism for operating the ratchet-wheel from the treadle, substantially as herein shown and described.

3. In a machine for making wire and picket fences, the combination, with a suitable support, a standard projecting from the same and provided with guide-arms, a series of twisters journaled in the standard, and means for operating the twisters, of a bar at one side of the standard having beating-uparms, a shaft journaled to the said standard and provided with crank-arms, one of which is connected to said bar, a treadle, and a rod connected to the other crank-arm of the said shaft and to the treadle, substantially as herein shown and described.

4. In a machine for making wire and picket 35 fences, the combination, with an upright in which twisters are held, of the bar K, having arms L, the levers O, and the rod M, connected with the bar K and with the lever O, substantially as herein shown and described.

5. In a machine for making wire and picket fences, the combination, with a platform, of a standard on the same, twisters on the standard, a bar having arms for pressing the pickets from the standard, a lever for operating said bar, and a rodvconnected with said lever and operating a ratchet-wheel on one of the axles, snbstantially as herein shown and described.

6. In a machine for making wire and picket fences, the combination, with a platform, of an upright, twisters in the upright, a lever connected with and operating devices for pressing the pickets from the upright, and a gear for propelling the machine, and mechanism eon- =5 nected with the gear and operated from the lever for moving the bar that presses the pickets from the uprights, substantially as herein shown and described.

WILLIAM J. RAYMOND.

Witnesses:

ARTHUR WILsoN, S. G. \VATsoN. 

